of chicago



A.V w. TODD.

Frame fr Supporting and Moving Cloth to be Creased.

Patented Feb. 18 1868.

'l @uitrit tetes atrntQffrr A. W. TODD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent Zlio. 74,636, dated February 1S, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRAME FOR SUPPORTING'AND MOVING GLOTH T0 BE GREASED.

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' Be it known that I, A. W. TODD,0' the city of Chicago, county of Ocokfand State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Machine for Creasing Goods for'lucking Purposes; and I do hereby declare that the followingV is a full, clear, andA exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal and top view ofthe machine.

Figure '2, la view of the'reverse side of the same.

Figure 3, an end View of the machine as in operation.

Figure 4, View of' the under side of the handle.

Figure 5, edge view of a. section of the same.

Similar letters and figures of reference indicate like parts.

A{[he-niachin-e consists of two end-pieces, each tive inches long, two and one-quartcr inches wide, and one inch thick, markedB B; one bar, one and three-quarter inch wide, half an inch thick, and three feet seven inches long, marked Drone roller, one and a quarter inch in diameter, and three -feet five inches long, marked C; one roller, one inch in diameter, also three feettivc inches long, marked A. The ends of the bar D are notched down ilush near the middle of the end-pieces B B, andsecured by screws or otherwise, (see g. 1.) The rollers have gudgeons,and one is provided withl a crank, O. There is a ratchet-wheel secured to the crank, (see 1),) and the pa'wl R is' provided for` holdingL the ratchet. l

The bar D is iiush on the top (side) with the end-pieces, but on the bottom there isa recess of one-quarter of an inch, the object of which is to makeroom for the feather-edged metal strip y, iig. 2, which is halfen inch wide, and las one of its edges set into a suitable groove, the full length of bar D, as shown. This feather-edge projects about ne-quarter of an inch from the har D, and on a level with the end-pieces, so as to lie level and smoothI if that side is laid down. i

AThere are points jjjj onl both sides of tho. machinc, which are to be `pressed firmly down into the wood when the machine is laid on a table or any suitable place, so that the roller A -will overhang the vedge a little, and the crank and ratchet-wheel will work freely. Being thus arranged, it is ready to receive the goods, the ends of which are to be caught on the hooks 71. h h, on roller C, tig.' 1, as shown.

If there ismore than one thickness to bev creased, let the material be torn in double lengths and doubled evenly, andV hooked at the doubled end.. Two of those doubled 4pieces may be pnton, one at a time, making four thicknesses, say, of. common shirting, one upon Vthe other. i l

After being hooked or fastened in any suitable way, and the goods swung hack smoothnnd straight over roller A, fig; 1, and down upon'the floors the square barof iron I, having hooks J, is fastened to the cloth, but. so as to swing clear .of the door, by pressing thchooks through the cloth; or any other suitable arrangement to keep the goods straight and tant might be used. The weight should weigh about four pounds.

i Having previously'laid off the hem and tucks at 'suitable distances, oncnly one edge of thetopmost piece, (best'to be done before placing in the n1achine,) the work is ready to be creased, which is done by turning the crank 0, which draws the cloth up and rolls it on to roller As the marks comcover the centre of groove E, g. 1,thc work is stopped, and the roller-.ond of thc handle L, fig. 4, is used, carefully pressing harder and harder as the wheel is run back and forth from end to end'ot said groove, until n thoroughand uniform crease is made through the goods,`ivh ich can be made very permanent through at least four thicknesses ofcommon shirting. o

The machine will work the other side up, and is operated in the same way, except the ends of the machine are reversedl and crank turned with the left hand, when the feather-edge g, Eg. 2, will be up, and the sheave-encl must be used.` The above machine, as described, will-crease the'` goods straight, uniformly, and-thorough, so that when thecloth is separated, and the edges brought properly together, thc creases will meet, ond to end, and will'not disappear,l to the sewing'the last tnck,although there may be a dozen or more. For every ten minutes, a skirt of four thicknesses or widthscan have ten creasesmnd'c iu it` by this machine with case, theY goods first. being torn and doubled as described. l

Having thus .described my machine, the nature,- construeton, and opera-tion thereof,'what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l o The combination'and arrangement of'cranleO, ratchet-wheel P, paivl R, end-picces'B D, bar D,`rollcrs O and A, points t k, and featherfedge g, for supporting and moving the material to be creased, as described.

A. W. TODD.

Witnesses:

ED'W. S. Evnnrs, CHARLES A. Duras. 

